Karion Istomin (1640s – 1717) was a Russian poet, translator, and one of the first Russian enlighteners. He was a student of Sylvester Medvedev.

Karion Istomin was born in Kursk. He was a celibate priest and then a hegumen at the Chudov Monastery. He graduated from the patriarchal school and then worked at the Print Yard from 1679 to 1701. Istomin started as a regular scrivener, then held the post of editor, and later became the head of the yard. He is known to have authored and translated from Latin historical, religious, and pedagogical works, including his Arithmetics (Арифметика) and the Book of Reasoning (Книга вразумления), in which Istomin directed the 11-year-old Peter I on proper manners. Also, he wrote numerous acathistuses, prayers, epitaphs, and panegyrical, congratulatory, and edifying poems. In the 1690s, Istomin compiled the Small Alphabet Book (Малый букварь) and Big Alphabet Book (Большой букварь) for Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich, in which verse facilitated learning.

Set of 16 large cards + cover.

Published by Art, Moscow 1988.

In Russian and English languages.